Developing an engineering approach for migrating from prescriptive to performance-based specification for concrete
Paper i proceeding, 2016

The integral variability of raw materials, lack of awareness and appreciation of the technologies for achieving quality control and lack of appreciation of the micro and macro environmental conditions that the structures will be subjected, makes modern day concreting a challenge. This also makes Designers and Engineers adhere more closely to prescriptive standards developed for relatively less aggressive environments. The data from exposure sites and real structures prove, categorically, that the prescriptive specifications are inadequate for chloride environments. In light of this shortcoming, a more pragmatic approach would be to adopt performance-based specifications which are familiar to industry in the form of specification for mechanical strength. A recently completed RILEM technical committee made significant advances in making such an approach feasible.Furthering a performance-based specification requires establishment of reliable laboratory and on-site test methods, as well as easy to perform service-life models. This article highlights both laboratory and on-site test methods for chloride diffusivity/electrical resistivity and the relationship between these tests for a range of concretes. Further, a performance-based approach using an on-site diffusivity test is outlined that can provide an easier to apply/adopt practice for Engineers and asset managers for specifying/testing concrete structures.

Författare

Sreejith Nanukuttan

P.A. Muhammed Basheer

W. John McCarter

Luping Tang

Chalmers, Bygg- och miljöteknik, Byggnadsteknologi

RILEM Proceedings PRO 109: International RILEM Conference on Materials, Systems and Structures in Civil Engineering, Segment on Service Life of Cement-Based Materials and Structures

Vol. 1 307-316
978-2-35158-170-4 (ISBN)

Ämneskategorier

Materialteknik

Samhällsbyggnadsteknik

Styrkeområden

Building Futures (2010-2018)

Materialvetenskap

ISBN

978-2-35158-170-4

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2017-10-07